Strengthened Forms.—The superlative may be strengthened by prefixing ὅτι or ὡς, rarely ᾗ (also ὅσον or ὅπως in poetry): ὅτι πλεῖστοιas many men as possible, ὅτι τάχισταas quickly as possible, ᾗ ἄριστονthe very best wayX.C. 7.5.82 (ὅπως ἄρισταA.Ag. 600). ὅτι or ὥς is always added when a preposition precedes the superlative: ὡς εἰς στενώτατονinto as narrow compass as possibleX.O. 18.8. ὡς and ὅτι may be used together: ὡς ὅτι βέλτιστον ἐμέ γενέσθαιfor me to become as good as may beP.S. 218d.

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a.With ὡς and ᾖ, rarely with ὅπῃ (not with ὅτι), a form of δύναμαι or οἷός τέ εἰμι, may be employed: διηγήσομαι ὑ_μῖν ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτωνI will relate to you in the briefest terms I canI. 21.2.